How to partition a hard disk with Acronis Disk Director

Talking about how to partition a hard disk using Acronis Disk Director, you need to start by creating a separate bootable system disk . This will secure all the data stored on the computer, if something goes wrong. It goes without saying that you need to use the full version of the program.

Start Acronis Disk Director and select "Create bootable media wizard". You should start the user interface in manual mode to get full control over the program.

How to partition a hard disk: a system partition

In the next window, information about the hard disk will be displayed. As a rule, one physical hard disk is installed on the computer. You need to create on it a partition C, intended for system files and installed programs. It is desirable to assign a size of this part at least 80 gigabytes to provide more space for downloads. However, storing other data on it is not a good idea, since in the case of a failure in the operating system, all files may be lost.

Then you need to create a new partition, using the remaining free space of the hard drive. Their number and size can be any, and then you can change or merge them if necessary.

How to partition a hard drive: creating storage locations

Select "Partition Wizard", enter information about your hard disk in it. Then, separate the free space of the hard drive as you like. You will need to specify the size of the partition to be created. If the size of your media is 180 gigabytes, and 80 you have allocated for system files, you need to specify 100 GB (despite the fact that it seems obvious). Select the type of the section in the next window. Creating a logical type is recommended if you are not going to install an operating system and various programs. This type is considered most suitable for data files.

Then select the file system you want to use. Many quite rightly prefer NTFS. So, in the program window, select File System. Then, type the drive letter for the new partition that Acronis Disk Director will create. Splitting the disk, as you can see, is quite simple. The next step is the title for the new section, which you also select yourself. The progress of the program of all actions will be displayed in the form of schematic drawings. Before each operation, a question will be asked about whether or not you really want to do it. So, to complete the instruction on how to partition a hard disk, you need to click on the Commit button.

Completion

Disk Director Acronis will perform the necessary actions, and then will issue a warning that the computer needs to be rebooted. After it, you can immediately see that the structure of the hard drive has changed, and while it is loaded quickly and without any problems. To make sure that the partition was successful, look in the "My Computer" folder - you will see 2 displayed hard disks, instead of the one you saw earlier. In addition to the main purpose of Acronis - to partition the disk, this program also has a number of additional functions.